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To say that entrepreneurs Jhoanna Trias and Mitchell Langon provide a world of offerings to their customers is no exaggeration. Indeed, in their enterprise Nomad Tactical and Survival, they specialize as top-level travel outfitters that can take clients to locales as far-flung as the verdant jungles of the Philippines and the rugged outback of Southern
Joe Laresca is a Future Shark who is making noise and leaving normal behind! He is an entrepreneur, producer, and actor based in New York City. He is most notably known for co-founding Serhant Media Group (SMG) with celebrity, Ryan Serhant; the star of Bravo’s Emmy-nominated Million Dollar Listing New York and Sell It Like
I discovered the game of chess back when I was in middle school. As I played my very first match, I knew I would fall in love with this game. It just resonated with me deeply on a personal level. I always loved problem solving and critical thinking – skills that were essential for chess.
Many entrepreneurs struggle with putting their brand out there and becoming trustworthy. Being trusted and having pillars of credibility will make your sales process that much more easier for you because they know who you are and what you do. Potential clients will not have to ask you so many questions because they know they
Knowing He Didn’t Belong Where He Came From.. Myles grew up in a small city in the U.K. called Peterborough, where he actually still resides to this day after buying his first property at just 19. The deposit of which was entirely sourced from one of his online stores he set up in his teens,
Sierra & Sally are in charge of marketing, strategy, PR, product development and user experience at Sweet Pea, a dating app designed in opposition to the “hot or not” swiping mentality of online dating. The app gives users social context, like being able to match with people who have similar interests like “Art”, “Business” and
Content sites live and die by their readership, which is why so many brands have sought to target increasingly broad audiences. The dominant thinking seems to be this: If your content applies to as many people as possible, then your site will be visited by as many people as possible. At JAKK Media, they choose
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? I’ve been an entrepreneur my entire life, and have been supported my some incredible mentors that have helped guide me to where I am today. For this and for my success, I am grateful. I believe my successes come from confidence,
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges and major responsibilities? My prior successes include being the #1 sales representative in Canada for one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies; giving talks on famous stages such as Harvard University’s and recently starting my own sales coaching company with a business partner. Growing
If scaling a business is on your to-do list for 2019, you’re in luck. We asked our community of entrepreneurs to share their top piece of advice for growing a business. After sorting through all the responses, we chose the entrepreneurs whose stories inspire the most. Use their tips grow your company and brand. Mark
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? Parents split up at the age of 13. I was always struggling financially from a very young age so I started selling door to door airations services at the age of 14-18. Then I dropped out of university at the age
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? Transforming your body from obese to healthy takes time, persistence, and diligent action even when you don’t at first see results from all of your efforts. The major responsibility that followed was to transform my mind so that it did not
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? My journey to growing a half a million dollar business in my first year, started in April of 2017. At that point, I was a broke alcoholic with a dead end 9-5 job. I felt as though I hadn’t accomplished anything
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? In 2010, I walked away from a professional baseball career to start my journey as an entrepreneur. With 9 other individuals and the leadership of a mentor of mine, we started an electronic checks processing business that processed over $30 million
What’s your backstory? I spent 2 years after school in the South African Army, I learned to parachute, it was a great experience. I studied the Woolworths management course after completing the army. I dabbled in many businesses, had a clothing shop, jewelry store and by 24 opened my jewelry wholesale business. I completed
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? I started out as a one-man content team, which was empowering in the sense that I was able to control the amount of work I was taking on and ultimately play a role in deciding my quality of life. Within a
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? 10 years ago I had just been arrested for the 3rd time in 18 months – this time with a dui. I have failed out of university – was a borderline drunk/drug addict who was going nowhere. I then started listening
Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. Whether we are using our time effectively or not, the choice is ultimately up to the individual. Brian Nabavi believes that maximizing and making the most out of the hours that are given to us means that we are a step closer to reaching success. It
The average millionaire has 7 sources of income. The great news is that with the internet, easy selling tools like Shopify and other platforms (ahem WordPress), you can be closer than ever to start diversifying your income and stop relying on just your salary. If you are a newbie to digital marketing, fear nothing. I
A colossal number of readmissions occur due to poor care and coordination caused by siloed EHR systems and various state regulations. In the U.S. 117 million people have been diagnosed with one or more illnesses. These patients do not have an efficient way of documenting or gaining access to their health information. Ever imagined contacting
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? I don’t have the typical rags to riches story. I have a great family, average class for the most part. Coming from a Vietnamese household, entrepreneurship or anything closely related to what I’m doing was 100% out of the question and
Some of the most important lessons in life are learned through the most difficult times. Whether we are learning how to build resilience and face obstacles head on, there is a beauty in all of it. The beauty comes from the ability to embrace adversity and reach success that was once deemed impossible. Undeterred by
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? When I first came onto the social media scene, my goal was to build a blog and impact lives around the world. I didn’t know what that looked like, but I knew I had important information to give! I started
You’re heading out on your next travel adventure. You’ve packed your bags and you’re about to catch your ride to the airport. Before ordering your Uber, you open up another app and arrange a pick-up for your bags. A driver arrives at your house, seals your suitcase in a tamper-proof cover and takes it off
Have you ever had trouble cooking during the holidays? Or simply wished there were an easier way to plan meals, shop and cook for one’s families or dinner parties? Studies have shown that as many as 1/3 of Americans find the holiday season to be simply hectic. Enter Chefling, a smart home assistant that does
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? Through a combination of timing, skill, work ethic and sheer luck I have been able to create multiple companies from thin air and turn them into multiple 6 figure and beyond businesses. In 2013 I started my first brick and mortar
Love, wealth, and health are the main things that most individuals spend their whole life working towards. If one of those things appears to be missing in one’s life, then there is a great chance they are also aware of the fact that this may be missing in their life. Very little people understand that
Can you tell me the story of your prior successes, challenges, and major responsibilities? I never could make eCommerce work for me. I worked all day at my job and all night on my online business. I made sales, but hardly any profit ever came from it. Until I learned about sales funnels. Using them
A clear, step-by-step plan to start investing in 2026: set goals, build a safety net, pick low-cost funds, and avoid the mistakes that cost beginners.
33 year-old Tal Maimon is the Owner and operator of Maimon’s Group Luxury, Rentals and Concierge services. Tals Background Story Tal: At age 23 upon completion of my service in the Israeli Navy I decided to move to united states. I worked as a waiter for the first year and slowly began to set my
The holidays are here and the year is almost over. New opportunity is ahead and 2019 will be as exciting as you allow it to be. Most people think about goals when they approach the new year. Perhaps you’re thinking about goals and dreams as well. Did you accomplish what you wanted in 2018? Was
Fashion is more than just wearing fancy clothes and making yourself look good. It’s culture. It’s a movement. In order to have a successful luxury brand you must have a concept behind it. You must have trust not only with the customers who buy your concept and ideology but trust with the stores. Trust with
Your business doesn’t need to consume your life
Leonard Person Jr has been an investor for over 15 years. He’s also the CEO of MyHouseGram.com and a Real Estate Expert that specializes and teaches strategic and creative Real Estate investing. Some things Leonard is known for include: Quiet title litigation (Receiving Properties Back Mortgage Free) Wholesale Acquisition Deals Buying and Selling Nonperforming Notes Basics Fix
What’s your backstory? I grew up dirt poor and on the streets at an early age. I straddled the line between being a good kid and a bad kid often living in the gray area. I would at one time become homeless when I was 15 and eventually found myself moving cross country from Spokane,
Josh Ryans Background Story Josh grew up in a small town, isolated in the middle of nowhere in New Zealand in a place called Golden Bay with a population of around 2,000 people. Even though his family wasn’t wealthy, they were very supportive and always encouraged Josh to go after his dreams. Growing up he
Meet 24-year-old Giovanni Contardi is a visual Artist from Italy who’s officially represented by Gallery 104 in New York. He’s known for creating portraits using hundreds of Rubik’s cubes (roughly 700) using each single piece of the cube as a pixel to create an image. He shares his work on Instagram and now it has been seen by millions
He started his first company at 16, dropped out of college at 19, and went on to build a Multi-Million Dollar empire by 20. In a nutshell – this Boston native is obsessed with starting cutting-edge empires and disrupting the status quo of industries stuck on old ideologies. At the sight and sound of his
Jon has been an entrepreneur for more than 10 years and has successfully scaled 8 companies, selling one in 2018 and currently growing a nationally recognized award-winning brand. While three of these businesses almost killed him, that didn’t stop him… In fact, over the past decade alone, he has helped scale and consult on over
Being an influencer on social media and traveling the world seems like an unattainable dream for most, but for Meagan Faye, known as @meaganfaye on Instagram, it’s a reality she insists is possible for anyone. We all know you can’t become a legitimate influencer overnight. Here’s how Meagan spent the last four years growing her
Guest Post By: Thomas Carter, founder of DealBox, a blockchain business accelerator and crowdfunding platform for startups I’ve been raising capital for 30 years and know first-hand that the process is not an easy one. Entrepreneurs spend precious time and energy jetting between meetings with potential investors while simultaneously building their business. They squander meaningful
BangerBuddy (@bangerbuddy on instagram) currently stands at 3 million followers. With a follower increase of thousands daily, Bangerbuddy is one of the top social media party pages in the world. I had the opportunity to sit down with the Bangerbuddy founder, Nick Filchy (@filchy on instagram). What started off as a just for fun page
Michelle Balingit, also known as Sey Michelle, is a Los Angeles based social media consultant and brand photographer. She began as a self-taught photographer over 9 years ago and has been involved in marketing for 5 years, so when she fell in love with social media marketing, she put her two passions together. Creating her
If you’re not focusing on SEO, you’re falling behind. Every company now has to have a presence on the Internet, and they have to invest the time into making that presence rank on search engines. That’s a given these days. It’s not hard to get a handle on the basics of search engine optimization, either.
Building an app, software, or any other platform is an exciting endeavor, but you need to know how to go about things in order to make it a success. You might be providing a valuable service and fulfilling a new niche, but how do you make users aware of it? The reality is that you
Get this: LogDNA saw tremendous growth in 2018 with over 2,000 customers using their solution and increasing revenue 5x from the previous year. Also, recently the company announced a new self-hosted product for those companies that prefer to maintain all of the software on their own servers, instead of or in conjunction with the cloud
Christian Vind: What is your backstory? Andrew St. Jean (JayyManik): My name is Andrew St. Jean also known as Jayymanik, New York photographer from Brooklyn. I’ve lived my entire life here. Just owning my first real camera, a Canon Powershot point n shoot camera while enjoying taking pictures got me interested in photography. Capturing memories
Martine De Luna is a wife, mother, and transformational coach from the concrete jungle of Manila, the Philippines. A self-professed culture-hacker and “bliss-maker”, Martine grew up as a third culture kid amidst the international school circuit in Hong Kong and Singapore, before planting her roots in Manila, where she began working from the age of
